Shoe cleat



Patented Dec. 278, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT Aorrlcls 10 Claims.

This invention relates to a shoey cleat and more especially to a device designed to be attached to boots, shoes or the like, to prevent slipping or sliding upon slippery surfaces such as those of ice or wet floors.

An object of this invention is toprovide a device of this class which may be readilyrattached on, or detached from, the sole of a shoe when desired. i

A further object is the provision of such a device having anti-slipping qualities and which is vespecially adapted for use upon wet surfaces to space the sole of a shoe above the said surface andvthereby keep the said sole from continuous contact with moisture.

A still further object, is the provision of a shoe cleat having means for preventing displacement thereof upon the sole of a shoe and also gripping portionsfor additional anti-slipping qualities.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be clearly understood from the following description and from the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of va shoe' cleat embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a front view, in elevation, thereof showing the same attached to the sole of a shoe.

Figure 3 is` a side View, in elevation.

Figure 4 is a View showing a bar of material,V

from which the said cleat is constructed.

As illustrated in the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates my improved shoe cleat which is formed from a bar 6 of spring metal having sharp teeth 'l extending from one side thereof and wide teeth 8 extending from its opposite side.

The said cleat is formed by bending the said bar into a series of sinuous loops 9. The ends of said bar are curved upwardly, as at I0, and provided with hooks Il which are adapted to grip the sole of a shoe, indicated at 5.a., as clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing. The said hooks may be notched in the center thereof, as at I2, and sharpened to an edge I3 so that they may be better adapted to grip into rubber heels or the like.

It will be noted, that the sharp teeth 1 and the wide teeth 8 extend across the full Width of the Y bar 6 and thereby provide for durability as well as for more economical construction. The said bars may be stamped out or cut by a simple operation and thereby eliminate the necessity of attaching said sharp teeth and wide teeth separately or forming them by a special operation upon the edge of said bar. The ends of the said bar are left of a width equal to the extremities of the sharp teeth and wide teeth, thus providing a wider surface at the shoe gripping portions of said cleats.

It will also be noted that, when the said bar is formed by sinuously looping the same to form my improved cleat, the sharp teeth and wide teeth are disposed at approximately the center of each of theloops 9, or at the front and back edges of the said'` cleat, in which position the teeth 8 are moreV effective in gripping upon a surface and the sharp teeth 'l will be forced into the surface of the sole of the shoe thus'preventing displacement of the said cleat while in use.

It is to be understood that the sinuously looped formation of the said cleat will provide a spring tension tending to pull the hooks I l inwardly and thus securely grip the sole of the shoe when the said cleat is stretched on to said sole.

I claim:

1. A cleat of the character described comprising a sinuously formed intermediate portion having at the top surface thereof, a series of sharp teeth adapted to engage the sole of a shoe and at the bottom side thereof, a series of wide teeth for engaging a surface and means for securing said cleat to said shoe.

2. A cleat of the character described formed from a single bar of resilient material; the said bar having in alignment, sharp teeth extending from one side thereof and wide teeth extending from the opposite side thereof and being formed into a snuous series of loops to provide an intermediate portion of said cleat; the ends of said bar being bent to form hooks adapted to engage the sole or heel of a shoe.

3. A cleat of the character described constructed of a single bar of resilient material formed into a series of sinuous loops providing an intermediate portion of said cleat and the ends of said bar being bent upwardly to provide means for securing the said cleat to the sole or heel of a shoe; the said bar having sharp teeth centrally disposed with relation to said loops and upon the surface of said intermediate portion and wide teeth on the under surface of said cleat opposite the said sharp teeth.

4. A cleat of the character described formed from a single bar of resilient material having one edge thereof provided with sharp teeth and the opposite edge provided with wide teeth; the said bar being bent into a series of sinuous loops at the axis of said teeth and having its ends formed to provide means for securing the said cleat to the sole or heel-of a shoe.

5. A cleat of the character described having an intermediate portion comprising a series of sinuous loops, a sharp tooth centrally disposed with each of said loops and extending upwardly on said cleat, a wide tooth extending downwardly therefrom, substantially opposite each of said sharp tooth, and means for securing said cleat to the sole or heel of a shoe.

6. A cleat of the character described formed from a bar of resilient material having sharp teeth extending from one edge thereof and wide teeth extending from its opposite edge in line with the said sharp teeth; the said bar being bent into a series of sinuous loops at the axis of said teeth and having the ends thereof curved upwardly to provide means for securing the said cleat to a sole or heel of a shoe.

'7. Acleat of the character described formed from a bar of resilient material having the edges thereof formed to provide sharp teeth extending from one of said edges and wide teeth extending from the opposite edge in line with the said sharp teeth; the said bar being bent at the axis of said teeth in a series of sinuous loops to provide an intermediate portion of said cleat; the ends of said bar being bent upwardly and inwardly to provide hooks for securing the said cleat to a sole or heel of a shoe.

8. A cleat of the character described adapted to be secured to the soleV or heel of a shoe and having an intermediate portion comprising a series of sinuous loops, means upon the ends of said cleat for securing the same to the said shoe,

sharp teeth centrally disposed upon each of said loops and extending upwardly to penetrate into the surface of the said sole, and wide teeth opposite said sharp teeth adapted to grip a floor or the like.

9. A cleat of the character described having a resilient intermediate portion comprising a series of loops, sharp teeth centrally located upon each of said loops and extending upwardly therefrom, Wide teeth extending downwardly from said loops substantially in vertical alignment with the said sharp teeth and hooks having a notched sharp edge thereon for penetrating into the sole or heel of a shoe.

10. A cleat of the character described formed from a single bar of resilient material having portions thereof out away to provide widened ends and laterally extending teeth across the full thickness of said bar which teeth are sharp upon one edge of said bar and substantially wide along the opposite edge thereof; the said bar being formed into a series of sinuous loops bent upon an axial line extending through the said teeth to form the intermediate portion of said cleat, whereupon the said teeth will be vertically disposed at the edges thereof and the ends of said bar being bent upwardly with the widened portions thereof formed to provide hooks whereby the said cleat may be secured to the sole or heel of a shoe.

JOHN LASCARI. 

